Example sentences of "[adv] met [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : If any new hospitals are built in Wales , such as the East Glamorgan hospital , will the funding for those hospitals , in terms of capital costs , be entirely met by the Welsh Office or , as a result of last week 's disclosure in Construction News , are we to take it that Treasury guidelines to introduce private sector money into such building will mean that the commitment from the Welsh Office will be less ? |
| 2 | Clearly , some of the needs now met by social services departments would be better met by the old people themselves if they had the financial means to preserve their own independence . |
| 3 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 4 | Researchers have noted that many data-handling techniques depend upon assumptions which are hardly ever met in the social and behavioural sciences ( see 6.8.4 ) . |
| 5 | ( We almost always met in the late mornings at his favourite café , always starting the day with a reviving bowl of café au lait , followed by another — and not infrequently another ! ) |
| 6 | It could be the first of dozens of identical schools in Armenia , and the five million pound cost is being partly met by the British Armenia Appeal . |
| 7 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |
| 8 | The suffering of war and the suffering of the depression were alike uniquely met by the crucified God . |
| 9 | The group 's proposal for a joint office between the National Science Foundation and Department of Education has been partially met by the recent signing of a formal ‘ memorandum of understanding ’ between the two . |
| 10 | They made sure that the two thousand six hundred and seventy pounds cost of Councillor was fully met by the long suffering tax payers of . |
| 11 | Their need for information is currently met in the following ways : |
| 12 | Brazilian and Colombian army officers subsequently met in the Colombian border town of Letícia to discuss joint action against the rebels . |